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A clear and present danger of Kariba Dam collapse
Several decades on, the much heralded Kariba Dam is in big trouble, even facing possible collapse, with potentially catastrophic consequences. Daily Maverick The Kariba Dam wall Zambia and Zimbabwe...
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Evan Mawarire: 2016 African Person of the year
The most subversive political protest of 2016 started with a Facebook video. The quality is terrible: grainy and skew, with Evan Mawarire’s face partially cut off, his eyes obscured by the reflection...
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‘Loose coalition– a march from disaster to tragedy’
Africa’s politics is changing very fast, and the tide is turning against the incumbent revolutionary leaders, who have been using their liberation war credentials as a carte blanche for their...
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Apostolic sects record successes against gender violence
ON May 30, 2014, Budiriro 2 high-density suburb turned into a war zone, after the Madzibaba Ishmael-led Johane Masowe Echishanu apostolic sect members ran amok following the announcement that their...
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Ministers’ parliamentary truancy riles senators
THE performance of ministers in Parliament, particularly in the Senate, has been so dismal that senators have expressed concern over their “unbecoming” conduct. BY VENERANDA LANGA Higher Education...
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Violence, intimidation mar Parliament public hearings
PUBLIC hearings on Bills that are conducted by parliamentary portfolio committees are supposed to create engagement between the legislature and ordinary Zimbabweans in a participatory democracy where...
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Mugabe’s ‘Loot Committee’
FOLLOWING the invasion of present-day Zimbabwe, Cecil John Rhodes’ British South Africa Company (BSAC) established a “Loot Committee” in 1895 to take charge of the plunder of the country’s natural...
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European Union, China in race for Africa
AFRICA’S former colonial rulers are engaged in a delicate dance, as China encroaches on its military dominance of the continent. M&G The scramble for Africa continues as China encroaches on its...
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More than a buzzword? Resilience to climate change in Zimbabwe
Climate change-induced disasters will keep on coming, as sure as the sun rises. IRIN Two consecutive droughts have hit Zimbabwe and many are finding it hard to fend for their families But rather than...
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Tears of an ICT-deprived rural pupil
AMID the national uproar over government policy inconsistencies relating to the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, rural Zimbabweans, who continue to dream of joining the so-called...
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The African elections you need to keep an eye on in 2017
Only a third of Africans believe that votes in elections are always counted fairly, according to a survey conducted by Afrobarometer. mgafrica One of the longest-serving members of the “old boys...
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An insider’s account of Mugabe’s regime is also a brave act of defiance
What is it about Southern Africa that creates so many moral heavyweights? It seems that adversity and repression in that part of the world stimulate rather than inhibit, and bring out the best in its...
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Chidyausiku’s legacy: Pioneer or Zanu PF’s pointman
CHIEF Justice (CJ) Godfrey Chidyausiku’s impending exit from the helm of Zimbabwe’s judiciary next month is as controversial as his assumption of that office in 2001 at the height of the chaotic and...
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Economists bemoan Zim’s static budget
POLICY inconsistencies, financial leakages, a restrictive business environment, the huge civil service wage bill and porous borders are some of the many reasons Zimbabwe has failed to surpass a $4...
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Global taboo: Women suffer the ’shame’ of period pains
Ropa shifts again and clamps down the wave of pain that washes over her lower abdomen. As her body prepares for another onslaught, she tries hard to focus on her presentation, which she will make in...
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Tsikamutanda shenanigans exposed
Eighty-two-year-old Faith Tavherwa wore a weary face, as she followed proceedings of her case at Marondera Magistrates’ Court. BY Jairos Saunyama The senior citizen had taken to court a local witch...
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Council descends on vendors in fight against typhoid
TWO vendors, standing on a pavement under the veranda of one of the major shops in up-town Harare, go about their business despite municipal police and the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s efforts to clamp...
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Underfunding cripples election institutions
ZIMBABWE is heading for fresh general elections in 2018, but legislators last week cried foul over the measly budgetary allocations to institutions like the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the...
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BVR: Zim so near, yet so far on ICTs
ZIMBABWE has adopted the biometric voting registration (BVR) system, as part of advancements in information communication technologies (ICTs), in a move anticipated to ensure the security of...
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Unmonitored urban farming practices destroy environment
RESPINA Matuku (75) is a well-known urban farmer in Marondera town. BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA Apart from fuelling soil erosion, tampering with wetlands and the uncontrolled application of chemicals is also a...
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